Valeri Tsenov, contemporary painting8

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Valeri Tsenov was born on the 27th of October 1961 in the village of Letchevo, Bulgaria. In 1981 he graduated the High School of Fine Arts in Plovdiv. 1983 – 1989 studied and graduated illustration, book design and graphics at the Academy of Fine Arts, Sofia.The artist creates in the field of painting and watercolors. His works are part of private collections in Bulgaria and abroad.

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The Daughter of Hecate

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Sound: Agnes Baltsa - Arhontissa 'Princess of my heart'

About Valeri Tsenov

A rare phenomenon in Bulgarian painting, Tsenov grabs our attention with the poetic quality and mysticism of his work. The young women in his paintings take us to their magic world which is on the crossroads between earthly and divine. Great calm and fresh tranquility radiate from these meek faces – sometimes smiling, sometimes melancholic or icon-like.

The internal beauty of his pictures becomes visible to the spectator who lets himself be easily captured by the magic of colours, the finesse of the models and the playing with lights…

The artist lets us participate in his spiritual explorations. He shows us the beauty of every single thing. His works are rich with symbolism: the tree connects the earth and the sky, it grows its roots into the material world and raises its leaves toward the divine. The butterflies fly away and carry our prayers with them; they symbolize the liberation of the soul, the distancing, the road towards our internal lights.

Each painting is a moment of enchantment, a piece of happiness that comes back every time when you set your eyes upon the picture. We thank Valery Tsenov for presenting us with his own moments of clarity and beauty that remain vital in our tumultuous and complicated world.

Painting, just like music, takes us into the wonderful world of dreams and joy. As far as techniques are concerned, this young artist is a true virtuoso.

He is equally good at using oil, gouache, water colors, pencil, quill etc. And because technique is not an obstacle for him to overcome, he is able to let his imagination run wild and give form to his fantasies in the most precise ways. Some parts of his paintings are almost transparent, others are definitely standing out in relief; in each painting the harmony of colors is expressed in endless nuances, with a bottomless richness of movement and incomparable light. Valeri Tsenov is beyond all doubt one of the "great artists".May God grand him a long life and may he continue to charm us and decorate our life and homes with his wonderful paintings.

Laure le Baron, Gallerist, France

Nikolay Roussev (1969) - Portrait of Valeri Tsenov, 2009

Sound: Medieval Virelai Music & Song - XIII th & XIV th Century - E, Dame Jolie & Douce Dame Jolie